February 09, 2009
LYING WITH NUMBERS
Here is a perfect example of how to lie with numbers to scare people into spending money.
The first graph shows Speaker Pelosi's spin on job losses during the recession, compared to recent recessions. It uses a selectively zoomed-in range, omits pertinent data, and employs absolute - rather than percentage - numbers.
The second graph shows actual, comparable rates, zoomed out to include all data and normalize the scale to the data, and adds in the 81-82 recession, which more closely resembles our current predicament.
This is the same dishonest method that the global warmists used to invent the now thoroughly debunked "hockey stick" graph.
Jim Manzi at NRO does a nice job breaking it down. Beware the liars with their hand on your wallet.
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The first graph shows Speaker Pelosi's spin on job losses during the recession, compared to recent recessions. It uses a selectively zoomed-in range, omits pertinent data, and employs absolute - rather than percentage - numbers.
The second graph shows actual, comparable rates, zoomed out to include all data and normalize the scale to the data, and adds in the 81-82 recession, which more closely resembles our current predicament.
This is the same dishonest method that the global warmists used to invent the now thoroughly debunked "hockey stick" graph.
Jim Manzi at NRO does a nice job breaking it down. Beware the liars with their hand on your wallet.
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